Janet Gaynor
Biography
Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress and painter. One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: Seventh Heaven (1927), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Street Angel (1928). This was the only occasion on which an actress has won for multiple roles. This rule would be changed three years later by AMPAS. Her career continued with the advent of sound film, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born (1937). She worked only sporadically after the late 1930s. Severely injured in a 1982 vehicle collision, the incident contributed to her death two years later. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet Gaynor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movies (45)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
1961
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
1960
Bernardine
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
1957
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Nancy Briggs
1938
The Young in Heart
as George-Anne Carleton
1938
A Star Is Born
as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
1937
Ladies in Love
as Martha Karenye
1936
Small Town Girl
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
1936
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Molly Larkins
1935
One More Spring
as Elizabeth Cheney
1935
Servants' Entrance
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
1934
Change of Heart
as Catherine Furness
1934
Carolina
as Joanna Tate
1934
Paddy the Next Best Thing
as Paddy Adair
1933
Adorable
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
1933
State Fair
as Margy Frake
1933
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tess Howland
1932
The First Year
as Grace Livingston
1932
Delicious
as Heather Gordon
1931
Merely Mary Ann
as Mary Ann
1931
Daddy Long Legs
as Judy Abbott
1931
The Man Who Came Back
as Angie Randolph
1931
High Society Blues
as Eleanor Divine
1930
Sunny Side Up
as Molly Carr
1929
Christina
as Christina
1929
Happy Days
as Janet Gaynor
1929
Lucky Star
as Mary Tucker
1929
4 Devils
as Marion
1928
Street Angel
as Angela
1928
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Wife (Indre)
1927
Two Girls Wanted
as Marianna Wright
1927
7th Heaven
as Diane
1927
With Love and Hisses
as Extra
1927
The Horse Trader
as (uncredited)
1927
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1926
The Stolen Ranch
as Extra
1926
Lazy Lightning
as (uncredited)
1926
Martin of the Mounted
as (uncredited)
1926
The Return of Peter Grimm
as Catherine
1926
The Midnight Kiss
as Mildred Hastings
1926
The Blue Eagle
as Rose Kelly
1926
